New insights into the invasive process of the eastern house mouse (Mus musculus musculus): Evidence from the burnt houses of Chalcolithic Romania

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1195-1202

  Cucchi, T ^a,b   Balasescu A ^c   Bem, C ^c   Radu, V ^c   Vigne, J D ^a   Tresset, A ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c National History Museum of Romania   (Romania)

Author keywords

commensalism; geometric morphometrics; Neolithic; synanthropisation; teeth; zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COMMENSALISM; GEOMETRY; INVASIVENESS; METALLURGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEOLITHIC; RODENT; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; STEPPE; SUBSPECIES; TOOTH;

ROMANIA; UKRAINE;

EID: 82855163897     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611405233     Document Type: Article

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